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Running out of time before playing a forced move that would draw the game

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Why was move-sealing introduced in adjournment?

tournament

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Why does Stockfish suggest h4 here?

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Why is ..Kh8 so much worse than ..Kg7 after Nf6?

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Is it possible to compose a checkmate with king and any three minor pieces against bare king in the center of the board?

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Has there been any blunders in resignation?

history blunder famous-games resigning

modified Oct 10 at 16:53 BCLC 979

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What is an "ugly" move?

terminology chess-videos

modified Oct 1 at 19:12 Brian Towers♦ 63.8k

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Does blitz change the relative value of position vs material?

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Strategy to win with a king and queen against a king and pawn about to promote?

checkmate pawn-promotion

answered Oct 11 at 21:53 Arlen 4,719

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How does white stop the three pawns and win this?

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If the back row of white pieces is moved to be in front of the pawns, which side should I play?

strategy chess-variants positional-play

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Has a "resignation blunder" ever been refused?

history blunder famous-games resigning

answered Oct 9 at 1:04 Allure 16.8k

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Why do we need to exchange black bishop in A43 Benoni Defense?

opening

modified Oct 6 at 14:56 Akavall 6,508

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Is there a resource for chess puzzles that are altered just enough to discourage easy engine use to solve?

engines puzzles

answered Oct 13 at 20:57 NoseKnowsAll 3,519

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Collection of short endgame rules

endgame learning

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Which is the best resource to learn chess notation?

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Why does Stockfish give an evaluation of +7.42 here?

analysis stockfish middlegame advantage

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Till how many moves we have to think?

puzzles

modified Oct 6 at 7:28 Hauke Reddmann 6,343

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King's Indian Attack - "pet lines"

opening terminology kings-indian-attack

answered Oct 11 at 22:07 Arlen 4,719

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Marshall Defense transposition to Gruenfeld

opening theory grunfeld-defense transpositions

modified Oct 22 at 10:11 Allure 16.8k

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How many Chess960 positions exist in which castling on 1 side does not require moving the rook on the other side?

chess-variants castling mathematics chess960

modified Oct 10 at 18:09 BCLC 979

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How is c4 the best move in this position?

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modified Oct 20 at 8:08 Hauke Reddmann 6,343

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Why doesn't greek gift work in Pozsonyi vs Pataki 2005? Or does it?

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answered Oct 15 at 20:32 Hauke Reddmann 6,343

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Transpose to the Slav as Black after 1. ...Nf6?

opening slav-defense hypermodernism

answered Oct 24 at 1:53 mainsequence 378

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Does the opening 1. a4 a5 improve White's position? (a bit silly)

opening

modified Oct 14 at 22:57 Ola Ström 261

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Pogchamps: How does Michelle Khare beat Pokimane (rook and knight vs rook pair)?

endgame rook-and-minor-endgame fortress

modified Oct 9 at 13:50 BCLC 979

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I can't solve this puzzle

puzzles

modified Oct 5 at 16:11 Minot 596

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What is the history of the Shanzi Wall Opening?

opening

answered Oct 9 at 18:40 quebec weasel 26

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Why is the immediate ...d5 in the 4. d3 Italian not played?

opening analysis italian-game

answered Oct 20 at 10:14 nyymi 948

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Can spectating while playing in a tournament be considered cheating? [duplicate]

rules tournament cheating spectating

modified Oct 8 at 10:59 Brian Towers♦ 63.8k

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Ignoring Touch Move results in an Illegal Move?

rules fide illegal-move

modified Oct 7 at 12:36 Fabian 51

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With what opening can I force the opponent to a quick endgame?

opening endgame training

modified Oct 8 at 10:57 Glorfindel♦ 22.8k

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Opening and endgame experts in chess

endgame statistics style

modified Oct 13 at 11:50 Hauke Reddmann 6,343

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Magic bitboards not speeding up my engine

engines programming bitboard

answered Oct 17 at 15:48 Nihar Karve 221

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Both (at least) WGM and PhD/doctorate

grandmaster records women trivia

modified Oct 6 at 12:39 BCLC 979

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London system move order

opening london-system

answered Oct 9 at 8:37 cmgchess 81

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Article 12.9.4 Laws of Chess

rules fide

modified Oct 6 at 22:24 Brian Towers♦ 63.8k

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What's the longest checkmate in a 7-piece tablebase?

engines endgame tablebases

modified 22 hours ago Allure 16.8k

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Where can Botvinnik's analysis of Botvinnik - Gligoric, Tel Aviv 1964 be found?

analysis annotation grunfeld-defense botvinnik

answered Oct 21 at 3:33 Arlen 4,719

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At the Grandmaster level, at what amount of additional time per move do the benefits become negligible?

grandmaster time-control

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Clear Stockfish hash table after every move conveniently

engines stockfish arena

modified Oct 14 at 22:58 Louis Zhan 1

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Is this a possibly faster way to find pinned pieces using magic hash?

engines programming pins

modified Oct 22 at 20:12 Debabrata Roy 1

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Ossip Bernstein's Game

history

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List of records for youngest international masters since 1950? [duplicate]

history statistics records titles international-master

asked Oct 9 at 19:09 BCLC 979

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Bitboards and sliding piece attacks

programming bitboard

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UCI - what should be the value of movestogo

uci

answered Oct 6 at 20:47 Jens 226

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List of records for youngest female CMs (candidate masters) since 1950 (or 2014 or whenever)? [duplicate]

history statistics records titles women

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